Eumorphocorystes
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Eumorphocorystes Temporal range:
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Genus: | Eumorphocorystes Binkhorst, 1857 [2]
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Eumorphocorystes is a genus of crab belonging to the Raninidae subfamily Notopodinae. The genus lived in the late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) of Belgium. Rathbun referred specimens from the Pacific Northwest Oligocene to this genus.[2]
References
- ^ Barry W. M. van Bakel, John W. M. Jagt & René H. B. Fraaije (2003). "An interesting case of homonymy: Notopus de Haan, 1841 (Crustacea, Raninidae; Recent) and Notopus Leonardi, 1983 (ichnofossil; Devonian)". Contributions to Zoology. 72 (2/3).
- ^ a b Joe S. Collins, René H. Fraaye & John W. M. Jagt (1995). "Late Cretaceous anomurans and brachyurans from the Maastrichtian type area" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 40 (2): 165–210.